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Date: 16 May 2001 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom



Synopsis: A five-part unit of programmes providing resource material for GCSE/SG English syllabus requirements. Belfast novelist, Glenn Patterson challenges some of Ireland's leading writers to explain the craft of writing. Programme titles, and participants are: `Screenwriters' Graham Lineham and Enda Walsh; `Playwrights' Ursula Rani Sarma and Daragh Carville; `Journalists' Stuart Bailie and Jenny McCartney; `Poets' Frank Ormsby and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill; `Prose writers' Claire Keegan and Glenn Patterson.

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Date: 16 May 2001Broadcast company: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 10:30-10:50Slot duration: 20 minsLanguage: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (1)
Commissioning Company: 4Learning
Cast (11)
Glenn Patterson, Graham Linehan, Enda Walsh, Ursula Rani Sarma, Daragh Carville, Stuart Bailie, Jenny McCartney, Frank Ormsby, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Claire Keegan, Glenn Patterson